A case of type I dual left anterior descending coronary to pulmonary artery fistula

• Authors: Turgay Celik , M. Agac
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We report a case of Type I dual left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) giving rise to a pulmonary artery fistula via a short LAD branch, causing symptoms of typical angina. This rare coronary artery anomaly is importance to classify; it shows features of both intrinsic coronary artery anatomy anomaly and coronary drainage anomaly.

Keywords

EN

Dual left anterior descending coronary artery; Coronary artery fistula

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 176-179

Dates

published

1 - 4 - 2010

online

17 - 4 - 2010

Contributors

author

Turgay Celik

• School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Etlik-Ankara, Turkey

author

M. Agac

• School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, 06018, Etlik-Ankara, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-009-0052-3